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Duke Health
@DukeHealth
Official X-Twitter: Academic health system dedicated to high-quality patient-centered care, research, education & improving community & global health.
Durham, North Carolina
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    Duke Health
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    Mar 10, 2020
    AI and Exceptional frontline clinicians @DukeHealth developed Sepsis Watch helps identify patients in the early stages of sepsis. The program is live at all 3 Duke Hospitals with plans to scale. bddy.me/2vW9Tsr #DukeHealth | @DukeInnovate | @MarkSendak
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    Feb 27, 2020
    We've all heard that if cut off, a salamanders tail will regrow. But did you know that humans have a salamander-like ability to regrow cartilage in their joints? Read more about Dr. Virginia Byers Kraus research on this mechanism. 🔗 bddy.me/3883iIy #DukeHealth
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    Mar 26, 2020
    Duke Health researchers confirm a method to decontaminate & reuse scarce N95 face masks, a critical piece of personal protective equipment for front-line health teams tending patients w/ COVID-19. See more: bddy.me/2QMbWGS #ppeshortage #coronavirus #covid19 #dukehealth
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    Jul 15, 2021
    A @DukeHospital team successfully implanted a new-generation artificial heart in a 39 year old Shalotte, North Carolina man. The patient experienced heart failure. This is the 1st procedure with the device in North America. @DukeHeart | #HeartTransplant bddy.me/36AboeT
    CARMAT artificial heart implanted by a medical team at Duke University Hospital.
    CARMAT artificial heart implanted by a medical team at Duke University Hospital.
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    May 5, 2023
    Online misinformation about toddlers starting gender transitions at Duke is false. Duke Health has provided high-quality, compassionate, and evidence-based gender care to both adolescents and adults for many years.
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    Dec 14, 2020
    Duke is preparing to begin vaccinations after receiving doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this morning. Vaccinations for a small group of Duke Health’s workforce begins as early as this afternoon. #COVID19 | #DukeHealth
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    Mar 15, 2023
    Our tiniest patients are ready to cheer on the @DukeMBB and @DukeWBB! During the month of March, babies born at @DukeHospital and @DukeRegional receive Duke onesies to celebrate March Madness. Members of the Duke Health team recently distributed onesies to the latest arrivals
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    Dec 14, 2020
    Duke Health’s Rita Oakes administers the first of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to nurse Faye Williams as Dr. Thomas Owens, president of Duke University Hospital looks on. #COVID19 | #DukeHealth
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    Dec 11, 2020
    It’s said the eyes are a window into the soul. But Dr. Sharon Fekrat, researcher @DukeEyeCenter, is researching whether they can be a window into diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease too. #Alzheimers | #Dementia | #DukeHealth bddy.me/379POyK
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    Sep 8, 2022
    A team at Duke Health has performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial #hearttransplant, with the living arteries & valves from a freshly donated heart fused onto a patient’s existing heart. corporate.dukehealth.org/news/duke-heal… @DukeHeartCenter | @DukeCTSurgery | @DukeSurgery
    Duke Health Performs World’s First Partial Heart Transplant
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    Nov 30, 2020
    “We’re one of the leading centers in the world for 3-D talus replacement" - Dr. @seleneparekhmd uses custom 3-D printed bones to replace limbs that improve his patient's quality of life and outcomes. dukehealth.org/blog/duke-uses… #DukeHealth | @DukeOrtho
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    Apr 14, 2018
    To say that Duke student athletes are a hit at #MyDukeProm is an understatement! These smiles! #goduke @Duke_Childrens
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    Feb 21, 2023
    Duke is proud to be recognized as the #1 program in the U.S. for #hearttransplants in 2022, and the only program in the Southeast to transplant more than 1,800 heart and heart-lung transplants. @DukeHeartCenter | @DukeCTSurgery
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    Duke Health
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    Jul 9, 2020
    How can you help stop the spread of #COVID19 in your everyday life? Distance and masks ⬇ #DukeHealth